Skip to content
Call Me Lou.

Call Me Lou.

Humor and insight from a preacher's kid who survived.

  • BLOG POSTS
  • contact
  • home
  • categories

Tag Archives: blog

My House of Cards.

Mom was very old school as a Methodist minister’s wife.

Posted byJohn PurvisSeptember 10, 2021September 10, 2021Posted inHumor, Preachers KidTags:blog, cards, church, cowboys, methodsit, mother, preacher, Preachers Kid, punishment, sermon, whiskey15 Comments on My House of Cards.

What Deer?

It is a matter of trying not to throw-up as you heave the animal into the back of your pickup.

Posted byJohn PurvisAugust 7, 2021August 9, 2021Posted inGame Warden, HumorTags:blog, fishing, hunting, jokes, parks, poaching, sheriff, tricks, white tail, wildlife19 Comments on What Deer?

But, I’m Not the Preacher.

You can keep saying no, but in the end God leads you places you never expected.

Posted byJohn PurvisMay 14, 2021May 14, 2021Posted inPreachers KidTags:blog, career, dad, death, education, father, loss, methodist, minister, Park Ranger, prayer, preacher8 Comments on But, I’m Not the Preacher.

Call Me Chuck.

Chuck the cat thought he was in charge. His curiosity nearly cost him 8 of his 9 lives.

Posted byJohn PurvisJanuary 23, 2021January 24, 2021Posted inGame Warden, HumorTags:birds, blog, cat, curiosity, dog, ecosystem, federal, owl, rehabilitate, state, veterinarian, warden, wildlife12 Comments on Call Me Chuck.

A Fowl Christmas.

We’d all settled in, on that dark Christmas night…

Posted byJohn PurvisDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020Posted inHumor, Preachers KidTags:blog, chicken, christmas, christmas story, dinner, family, festivities, food, fowl, poem, wife, wine16 Comments on A Fowl Christmas.

What happened to You?

I am Alive.

Posted byJohn PurvisOctober 17, 2020Posted inFaithTags:absence, alive, blog, covid, fever, good sense, health, illness, peace, sick40 Comments on What happened to You?

The Flood.

The flood at the creek nearly drown me. I never told mom what really happened.

Posted byJohn PurvisJuly 22, 2020July 23, 2020Posted inAdventure, Preachers KidTags:blog, bridge, cold, courage, creek, flood, frozen, ice, methodist, parsonage, Preachers Kid, stupid, water3 Comments on The Flood.

Climb That Mountain!

We had to climb to the peak of that mountain and live to tell the tale. Unfortunately for us, we lived in Kansas, so the nearest mountain was over 600 miles away, in Colorado.

Posted byJohn PurvisJuly 8, 2020July 26, 2020Posted inAdventure, Preachers KidTags:backpack, blog, children, church, climb, dog, family, methodist, mom, mountain, peak, preacher, Preachers Kid17 Comments on Climb That Mountain!

My Burning Love…

As a preachers kid, having my girlfriend over to the parsonage was a tricky business.

Posted byJohn PurvisJuly 1, 2020July 26, 2020Posted inAdventure, Preachers KidTags:Adventure, blog, children, explosion, family, fire, girlfriend, love, methodist, Preachers Kid, relationship, religion, romantic25 Comments on My Burning Love…

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Translate this Blog with Google Translate.

  • BLOG POSTS
  • contact
  • home
  • categories
Call Me Lou., Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Call Me Lou.
    • Join 340 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Call Me Lou.
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar